Now when Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them, Gen 14:18Heb 7:1Jos 11:19-20Jos 6:21Jos 8:2Jos 8:22-29Jos 9:15-27 they were very afraid, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty. Deu 11:25Exo 15:14-16Jos 2:241Sa 27:52Sa 12:26Deu 28:10Heb 10:27Heb 10:31 Therefore Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying, 2Ch 11:9Mic 1:132Ki 18:142Ki 18:172Sa 2:11Gen 23:2Gen 37:14Jos 10:1 “Come up to me and help me. Let’s strike Gibeon; for they have made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.” Jos 9:15Jos 10:11Pe 4:42Ti 3:12Act 21:28Act 9:23-27Isa 41:5-7Isa 8:9-10 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together and went up, they and all their armies, and encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it. Gen 15:16Isa 8:9-10Jos 10:6Jos 9:1-2Num 13:29 The men of Gibeon sent to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, saying, “Don’t abandon your servants! Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us; for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill country have gathered together against us.” Jos 5:10Jos 9:62Ki 4:24Deu 1:15Isa 33:22Jos 21:11Jos 9:15Jos 9:24-25
So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and the whole army with him, including all the mighty men of valor. Jos 8:1Isa 8:12Isa 8:14 The LORD said to Joshua, “Don’t fear them, for I have delivered them into your hands. Not a man of them will stand before you.” Rom 8:31Deu 3:2Isa 41:10-15Jos 11:6Psa 27:1-2Jdg 4:14-15Jos 1:5-9Jos 8:1
Joshua therefore came to them suddenly. He marched from Gilgal all night. 2Ti 2:3Ecc 9:10Pro 22:29Pro 24:11-121Sa 11:9-112Ti 4:2 The LORD confused them before Israel. He killed them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth Horon, and struck them to Azekah and to Makkedah. Psa 18:14Jos 16:3Jos 16:51Sa 7:10-12Isa 28:21Jdg 4:15Jos 10:11Jos 15:35 As they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth Horon, the LORD hurled down great stones from the sky on them to Azekah, and they died. There were more who died from the hailstones than those whom the children of Israel killed with the sword. Isa 28:2Exo 9:22-26Jdg 5:20Psa 18:12-14Ezk 13:11Gen 19:24Isa 30:30Psa 11:6
Then Joshua spoke to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel. He said in the sight of Israel, “Sun, stand still on Gibeon! You, moon, stop in the valley of Aijalon!” Hab 3:11Isa 38:8Isa 60:20Isa 28:21Jos 10:13Deu 4:19Job 9:7Job 31:26-27
The sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Isn’t this written in the book of Jashar? The sun stayed in the middle of the sky, and didn’t hurry to go down about a whole day. Hab 3:11Isa 38:8Jos 10:14Jdg 16:282Sa 1:18Est 8:13Jol 2:10Jol 3:15 There was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD listened to the voice of a man; for the LORD fought for Israel. Deu 1:30Exo 14:14Jos 10:42Jos 23:3Isa 38:8Luk 17:6Mrk 11:22-24Zec 4:6-7
Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal. Jos 10:43Jos 10:6 These five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah. 1Sa 13:61Sa 24:31Sa 24:8Amo 9:2Isa 2:10-12Isa 2:19-22Isa 24:21-22Jdg 6:2 Joshua was told, saying, “The five kings have been found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.”
Joshua said, “Roll large stones to cover the cave’s entrance, and set men by it to guard them; Mat 27:66Amo 5:19Amo 9:1Job 21:30Jos 10:22Jdg 9:46-49 but don’t stay there. Pursue your enemies, and attack them from the rear. Don’t allow them to enter into their cities; for the LORD your God has delivered them into your hand.” Psa 18:37-412Sa 17:132Sa 20:6Isa 9:14-15Jer 48:10Jer 8:14Jos 10:20
When Joshua and the children of Israel had finished killing them with a very great slaughter until they were consumed, and the remnant which remained of them had entered into the fortified cities, Jos 8:242Ch 13:172Sa 20:6Deu 20:16Jer 8:14Jos 10:10 all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace. None moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel. Exo 11:7Isa 54:17Isa 57:4 Then Joshua said, “Open the cave entrance, and bring those five kings out of the cave to me.” 1Sa 15:32
They did so, and brought those five kings out of the cave to him: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon. Jos 10:1Jos 10:3Jos 10:5 When they brought those kings out to Joshua, Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the men of war who went with him, “Come near. Put your feet on the necks of these kings.” Mal 4:3Rev 2:26-27Rom 16:20Deu 33:29Psa 107:40Psa 110:1Psa 110:5Psa 149:8-9
They came near, and put their feet on their necks.
Joshua said to them, “Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed. Be strong and courageous, for the LORD will do this to all your enemies against whom you fight.” 2Co 1:10Jos 1:9Eph 6:101Sa 17:37Deu 31:6-8Deu 7:19Rom 8:372Ti 4:17-18
Afterward Joshua struck them, put them to death, and hanged them on five trees. They were hanging on the trees until the evening. Jos 8:291Sa 15:332Sa 21:62Sa 21:9Deu 21:22-23Est 2:23Est 7:9-10Gal 3:13 At the time of the going down of the sun, Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and threw them into the cave in which they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, which remain to this very day. Jos 8:292Sa 18:17Deu 21:22-23Jos 7:26Jos 4:9
Joshua took Makkedah on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword, with its king. He utterly destroyed it and all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining. He did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho. Jos 6:211Co 15:25Deu 20:16-17Deu 7:16Deu 7:2Jos 10:30Jos 10:32Jos 10:35
Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah. Jos 21:13Jos 15:422Ki 19:82Ki 8:22Jer 52:1Jos 10:28Jos 12:15Jos 6:21 The LORD delivered it also, with its king, into the hand of Israel. He struck it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining in it. He did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.
Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, to Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it. Jos 10:32Ch 11:92Ki 19:8Isa 37:8Jos 10:5Jos 12:11Jos 15:39Mic 1:13 The LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel. He took it on the second day, and struck it with the edge of the sword, with all the souls who were in it, according to all that he had done to Libnah. Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua struck him and his people, until he had left him no one remaining. Jdg 1:29Jos 16:10Jos 16:31Ch 20:41Ch 6:671Ki 9:15-17Jos 12:12Jos 21:21
Joshua passed from Lachish, and all Israel with him, to Eglon; and they encamped against it and fought against it. Jos 10:3Jos 12:12Jos 15:39 They took it on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword. He utterly destroyed all the souls who were in it that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish. Job 19:10Jos 10:37Lev 26:44
Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, to Hebron; and they fought against it. Jdg 1:10Jos 15:13Jos 14:13-14Num 13:221Ch 12:231Ch 12:282Sa 15:9-102Sa 5:1-5 They took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, with its king and all its cities, and all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but he utterly destroyed it, and all the souls who were in it.
Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir, and fought against it. Jos 15:15Jdg 1:11-15Jos 12:13Jos 15:49Jos 21:15 He took it, with its king and all its cities. They struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining. As he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to its king; as he had done also to Libnah, and to its king. 2Ki 10:11Deu 3:3Jos 10:33Jos 10:37Jos 11:8Oba 1:18Jos 10:40 So Joshua struck all the land, the hill country, the South, the lowland, the slopes, and all their kings. He left no one remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD, the God of Israel, commanded. Deu 7:2-161Ki 15:292Th 1:7-9Deu 20:16-17Deu 7:24Exo 23:31-33Jos 10:35Jos 10:37 Joshua struck them from Kadesh Barnea even to Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even to Gibeon. Jos 11:16Jos 15:51Deu 9:23Gen 10:191Ki 3:51Sa 6:17Act 8:26Jdg 16:1 Joshua took all these kings and their land at one time because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel. Jos 10:14Psa 46:7Psa 80:3Deu 20:4Exo 14:14Exo 14:25Isa 43:4Isa 8:9-10 Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal. Jos 10:151Sa 11:14Jos 4:19